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Jazz Journal
Keith Emerson reimagined for strings and more
An unplugged tribute to the British progressive rock pioneer by eminent French arranger Thierry Eliez is reissued this month
Gypsy Jazz Festival of London, 6-13 May
Festival director Tobie Medland looks forward to seeing Stochelo Rosenberg, Gismo Graf, Tcha Limberger and more
Simon Spillett Big Band, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking
Graham Thomas saw Simon Spillett's collection of Tubby Hayes big-band scores brought to life by a 17-piece orchestra
JJ 03/94: Eberhard Weber – Pendulum
Thirty years ago, Michael Tucker thought the German bassist's loopy, multi-tracked solo album an essential buy
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JJ 03/94: The Jazz Guitar
Thirty years ago, before the web was awash with biography, Mark Gilbert welcomed the third edition of Summerfield's jazz-guitar encyclopaedia
JJ 03/84: Holdsworth, Young, Guy, Mathewson, Stevens – Retouch
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert enjoyed hearing virtuoso guitarist Holdsworth thriving in an open-ended, semi-free setting
JJ 03/84: Jimmy Witherspoon, London 100 Club
Forty years ago Barry McRae noted the jazz credentials of the man with a voice almost too musical to sing the blues
JJ 03/84: Steve Khan – Eyewitness
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert welcomed the guitarist's adoption of the Gibson 335, chorus pedal and new melodic directions
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JJ 03/74: Gil Evans – Svengali
Fifty years ago Steve Voce reckoned Gil Evans, now replete with synth, was still out front, and still moving on. First published in Jazz Journal March 1974
JJ 03/74: Aretha Franklin – The First 12 Sides
Fifty years ago Barry McRae thought this queen of soul had more to do with jazz than some musicians considered as jazz specialists
JJ 03/74: Musicians Cooperative Festival, London
Fifty years ago Barry McRae saw the leading avant-gardists Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Peter Brotzmann and Fred Van Hove
JJ 03/64: Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina – Polytones
Gumina is renowned for the Polytone guitar amp and 60 years ago Mark Gardner fell, perhaps inadvertently, on the source of the brand name
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